Yan Lingxian said confusedly: "Injured? What hurt? ”

Qi Ning knew that Ximen Wuxian had been deliberately concealing his injury, not to mention outsiders, even the people of the Shenhou Mansion did not know, and said with a smile: "It's nothing." Captain Yan, Shen Hou left Beijing four years ago, do you know where he went? ”

Yan Lingxian shook his head and said: "When the gods go out, even the emperor doesn't ask, how dare we ask more." ”

Qi Ning lowered his voice and said, "Then can you find out where Shenhou went back then?" ”

"Guogong, it's not me who excuses me, the whereabouts of Shenhou will never be found." Yan Lingxian hurriedly said: "The Shenhou Mansion is on an errand, that is, the ordinary officials go out, and others are not allowed to ask where they are going, so don't talk about the gods." And Shen Hou has been out for nearly a year, so naturally he will not go to just one place, who can say clearly. ”

Qi Ning knew that Yan Lingxian's words were true, Ximen Wuxian's whereabouts could not be known by others, and even if Yan Lingxian tried his best in the Shenhou Mansion, it was impossible to figure out where Ximen Wuxian went four years ago.

"Guogong, there are still errands in the yamen, I have to go back to inquire about the whereabouts of that lama, you see .....!" Yan Lingxian was like sitting on pins and needles, and just wanted to leave quickly.

Qi Ning said with a smile: "This table of dishes, why don't you taste it together?" ”

"Don't taste it, Guogong will use it slowly!" Yan Lingxian or amnesty, hurriedly bowed his hand, turned around and left, and there was wind under his feet.

Qi Ning watched him leave, then picked up the chopsticks and sighed: "I don't know how to enjoy good things, and I ruin the heavens." ”

Qi Ning had a meal very comfortably, and then left from the back door of the wine shop, although he got Jinghong, but Jinghong was too conspicuous, so when he went out, he still rode an ordinary horse, turned a street, but always felt that something was wrong, turned around suddenly, and happened to see a figure shrinking into the alley, knowing that he was already being targeted behind.

He sneered in his heart, still rode forward, and soon turned into a secluded alley, got up and stood on horseback, kicked his feet, jumped on the roof on the side, condescendingly, looked down at the alley, sure enough, only a moment, he saw a figure into the alley, the man was wearing a hat, but he was tall, into the alley, but only saw the horse, obviously a little surprised, looked around, suddenly realized something, raised his head, Qi Ning had already descended from the sky like an eagle falcon, and reached out to grab the man.

Although the man was burly and strong, his reaction was extremely fast, and with a kick, the person had already floated away for more than a foot.

Qi Ning fell to the ground, stared at the man with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "My friend has been following me, is there any good deal to do with me?" ”

The man lowered his head, and the hat covered his face, and Qi Ning couldn't see his face clearly for a while.

"I haven't seen you for many days, and Jinyihou's martial arts seem to have made great progress!" The man's voice was heavy, he slowly raised his head, raised his arm and lifted the hat up with his hand, Qi Ning took a closer look, his face changed suddenly, and he lost his voice: "Yes.... It's you! ”

The person in front of him, with a mighty and tall figure and a beard like a needle, turned out to be the Fire God Monarch of the Nine Heavens Tower.

The Five Great Divine Monarchs of the Nine Heavenly Towers, the Wood Divine Monarch had already been killed by Qi Ning, and a few months ago, the Water Shenjun and the Fire Shenjun accompanied Beitangfeng to envoy to Eastern Qi, because of the cold beads, the Water Shenjun was taken away by Gong Taxi and his family, and his life and death are still unknown.

The civil strife in the Northern Han Dynasty, Prince Yu led the Beitang Wind to detour through the territory of the Chu State, was to get out of Hanzhong and enter Xianyang, but he suffered a setback on the way, Prince Yu was captured by the Chu State, and now he is still under house arrest, and at that time, the Fire God Monarch was protecting the Beitang Wind in the chaos and his whereabouts are unknown, and then the news came, Qi Ning knew that the Beitang Wind and the Fire God King really ran to Xianyang and defected to Qu Yuangu's side, Qu Yuangu is the uncle of the Beitang Feng, and its purpose is to borrow Xianyang soldiers and horses to compete for the throne of the Northern Han Dynasty.

The Northern Han Dynasty is now in a mess, the five princes led the border army to kill Luoyang, and the six princes Beitang Hao unified the army to fight, and Beitang Feng relied on Qu Yuangu's military might, occupied Tongguan, and pounced on Luoyang at any time.

The Fire God Monarch was by Beitangfeng's side, and he should have been on Xianyang's side at this time, but at this time, he suddenly appeared in the capital city of Great Chu, which really surprised Qi Ning.

The Fire God Monarch took two steps forward and arched his hand: "I've seen Jinyi!" ”

He didn't seem to know that Qi Ning had been promoted to a duke, and he was still called a marquis.

"Vulcan-kun, you're really bold." Qi Ning sighed: "Do you know what kind of place this is?" The eyes of the Shenhou Mansion are all over the capital, you Jiutianlou and the Shenhou Mansion are incompatible, they are old enemies, if they are discovered, you are afraid that you will not even have any bones left. ”

The Fire God Jun laughed and said, "Master Hou, since I dare to come, I don't plan to leave alive." ”

"You've been following me, are you trying to assassinate me?" Qi Ning shrugged: "With all due respect, you alone can't do this." ”

Huoshenjun shook his head and said, "Hou Ye misunderstood, I have absolutely no hostility towards Hou Ye. This time, I came here to ask the Hou Ye! ”

"Do you want me?" Qi Ning laughed and said: "Fire God Monarch, you are a person from the Nine Heavenly Towers of the Northern Han Dynasty, and I am an official of Great Chu, how can you ask me?" Even if you ask me, do you think I can say yes? If someone is charged with fornicating with a foreign country, it is a big crime to punish the nine clans. ”

Huoshenjun said: "Don't worry, what I ask for is beneficial to Hou Ye, and even more beneficial to your Chu State!" ”

Qi Ning was suspicious in his heart, he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the Fire God Monarch's gourd, so he groaned slightly before he said, "You were sent by Beitang Feng?" ”

"Exactly." With a wave of his arm, a small bamboo tube flew straight towards Qi Ning, Qi Ning reached out and grabbed it, and Huo Shenjun arched his hand and said: "This is where we are, as long as Hou Ye goes over, he can see us." Originally, we wanted to visit, but we also knew that you and I were enemies after all, and if we came to the door rashly, as Hou Ye said, I was afraid that it would bring you trouble, so if Hou Ye wanted, he could meet in this place. ”

"You guys?" Qi Ning frowned and said, "How many of you came?" ”

"Don't hide it from Master Hou, connect me, a total of four people." Huoshenjun was very simple: "The four of us are here now, if the Hou Ye wants to arrest us, as long as the bamboo tube is handed over to the Shenhou Mansion, we will definitely be able to wipe us out, but if the Hou Ye thinks about the overall situation, we will welcome the master!" ”

Qi Ning sneered: "If you have something, you can say it now, but you don't have to be so cautious." ”

"There are some things that a small person like me can't explain clearly." The Fire God Monarch said: "And the matter is very complicated, and it must be discussed in detail. If Hou Ye feels that the place is not suitable, he can say a place, and we can go to Hou Ye according to the place Hou Ye said. ”

Qi Ning saw that the Fire God Monarch looked solemn, not like a joke.

"Northern Han people, I really don't trust it." Qi Ning said with a smile: "That's it, by the Qinhuai River, there is a Wang Ji teahouse, you can see me on the second floor of the teahouse tonight." ”

Huoshenjun immediately arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Master Hou, you must go to the appointment on time tonight!" He didn't talk nonsense, turned around and left.

Qi Ning looked at the back of the Fire God Monarch leaving, thoughtfully, based on his intuition, the Fire God Monarch did not seem to be trying to set a trap for himself, after all, if he really wanted to wait for the opportunity to assassinate himself, he did not need to show his true face, and the place to meet was chosen by himself, and the other party had no objection, the other party seemed to really have something to discuss.

It's just that he really can't figure out what the North Hall Wind can discuss when he sends the Fire God Monarch here?

At night, the Qinhuai River is singing and dancing as always, and the beautiful sound wafting from the Qinhuai River does make the pedestrians on both sides soft.

The Wangji Teahouse that Qi Ning mentioned was a stronghold of the beggar gang and a place to collect news, and it was here that Qi Ning met the gray crow, and asked him to recruit people to form a night ghost to find out the news for himself.

The lights on the Qinhuai River were brilliant, and Qi Ning sat at the window looking at the painting boats coming and going on the river, but his heart was a little gloomy.

For him, Qin Huaihe and Zhuo Xian'er's names are connected together, and when he saw Qin Huaihe, he had to think of Zhuo Xian'er, but since that night, Zhuo Xian'er has not been heard from, as if evaporating from the world, occasionally thinking of Xian'er's tenderness like water, but now it is no longer seen, Qi Ning always has some sourness and guilt in his heart.

When he was in the county town of Huizawa, he thought about looking for Fluttershy, but the dart team that took Fluttershy was robbed in the middle of the way, and the clues were cut off, and there was no way to find them.

At the end of the day, it was the most lively time on the Qinhuai River, there was a sound of footsteps at the staircase, Qi Ning turned his head to look over, and saw that the burly Huoshenjun had come up from the staircase, still wearing a hat, but behind him, it was followed by a man in a gray robe, wearing a cloth hat, Qi Ning looked at his walking movements, it seemed that he was not a person who practiced martial arts, even if he practiced martial arts, that martial arts were commonplace.

This is the stronghold of the beggar gang, and the people of the beggar gang are downstairs, so Qi Ning is naturally not worried that they will set a trap here.

The Fire God Monarch stepped forward and arched his hand: "Hou Ye is really a believer!" Turning sideways and taking two steps back, the man in the long shirt behind him stepped forward and arched his hand: "The contemptible person is Shi Chai Bozhong, the commander of the military division under General Qu, who has seen Jinyihou!" ”

Qi Ning narrowed his eyes: "The history of the military division?" ”

"The duty of the contemptible people is mainly to help General Qu make suggestions and formulate strategies." Chai Bozhong said with a smile: "Thanks to General Qu's love, he has been following the general for more than ten years, and he can be regarded as General Qu's confidant. ”

Chai Bozhong is over fifty years old, with a thin figure, but his eyes are bright, and he has a scribe's air all over his body.

"Chai Junshi came from afar, and he couldn't put on a big banquet, so he could only drink a cup of tea in this teahouse, which was just neglect." Qi Ning smiled, he said that he was sluggish, but his expression did not have a trace of shame, and he raised his hand and said, "Please take a seat!" ”

Chai Bozhong glanced at the Fire God Monarch, and the Fire God Monarch arched his hand, and he didn't talk nonsense, but turned around and went downstairs.

Qi Ning was slightly surprised, but remained silent, the two sat down opposite each other, and Chai Bozhong said straight to the point: "I came to your country this time to meet the emperor of your country, but you and I have always been hostile, and we have no way to meet the emperor of your country in Jianye." Jin Yihou is the favorite minister of the emperor of your country, and he is also the minister of the pillar of Great Chu, so he cheekily asked to see the Hou Ye, and wanted the Hou Ye to help convey the meaning of the three princes and General Qu to the emperor of your country! ”